Test your knowledge

1. What are the 3 main colours used to decorate vardo’s?

2. What is the largest travelling fun fair in the UK? 

3a. Name the organisation, founded in 1889 which exists to protect the interests of those involved in travelling funfairs in the UK.

3b. What was their original name?

4. Where were the last Gypsies hung for the crime of being a Gypsy?

5. What does the term ‘Circus’ mean?

6. What was the first circus in Rome called?

7. Who wrote the lyrics for the musical ‘Gypsy’?

8. The traditional language spoken by Travellers of Irish Heritage is Shelta. There are two dialects of Shelta. What are they?

9a. What is the name of the New Age Traveller who gained national fame after spending a week in a complex series of tunnels dug in the path of a planned extension to the A30 road in Fairmile, Devon

9b. And what was his/her real name

10. What is the name of the 2000 film about a London Traveller of Irish Heritage starring Brad Pitt?

11. By definition a narrowboat is:

a. No more than 5 feet wide
b. No more than 6 feet wide
c. No more than 7 feet wide
d. No more than 8 feet wide

12a. What 3 colours are on the Romani Flag?

12b. Where and when was the Romani Flag first proposed?

13. What name did the Gypsies give to the Holocaust

14. What is a ‘Chotia Gypsy’?

a. A deep sea fish
b. An ultra light aircraft
c. A Gypsy from the Western coast of America
d. A Roma tribe from Slovakia

15. What is the date of the NATT+ AGM in May 2011?

16. Where is the oldest chartered horse fair in the country dating from 1136?

17. Who painted ‘The caravans – Gypsy camp near Arles’?

18. Name the 6 famous GRT on the NATT+ ‘Famous GRT poster set?

19. In which children’s story does the main character, Danny, live in a bowtop wagon

20. How many NATT+ members are there currently?

21a. What was the name of the national talent show during the 2010 GRTHM?

21b. Where was the final held?